Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 4, 2011 (Square 1 Bank).
Term ends Feb 13, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 13, 2029
Filed Oct 21, 2010 as application 12/909,611 · Granted Sep 30, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 13, 2009
Feb 13, 2009
Term ends
Feb 13, 2029
Feb 13, 2029
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Sep 30, 2014
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 13, 2009, when application 12/371,113, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 21, 2010) | Feb 13, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 13, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,393,344 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,262,608 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 8,410,189 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,323,262 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,846,022 | this patent Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2010 Reel 25410, frame 821 | Carnahan, Michael A.; Butlin, Jared D. G. | Hyperbranch Medical Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2011 Reel 27177, frame 388 | Hyperbranch Medical Technology, Inc. | Square 1 Bank | Security Agreement |
| Sep 4, 2018 Reel 46775, frame 564 | Pacific Western Bank | Hyperbranch Medical Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 13, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.